Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 7672 (1948)

First Presbyterian Church/Church of the Covenant: Sanctuary; front
16 East Washington Street
Grafton, WV

Images

2017-08-17 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2019-01-03 - Console (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2021-06-13 - Church interior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
5 stops
22 registers
2 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: None
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

2008-04-11 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2023-02-08 - Merged in 1972 with St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church to form the Church of the Covenant, a "federated ELCA/PCUSA congregation" using the First Presbyterian buildings. The organ is front and center with the console at the front of the case. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

FINGER PISTONS: Full Organ 1-4; TOE LEVERS: Great to Pedal (rev); PEDAL MOVEMENTS: Expression (bal.), Crescendo (bal.) Originally received from Jeff Scofield February 9, 2023 Source: Courtesy of OHS Archives

Great Diapason 8, Gedeckt 8, Viole Dolce 8, Flute 4, Octave 4, Fugara 4, Viole 12th 2 2/3, Trumpet 8, Viole 15th 2, blank

Swell Bourdon [tc] 16, Gedeckt 8, Viole Dolce 8, Viole Celeste [tc] 8, Fugara 4, Flute 4, Flute 12th 2 2/3, Tremulant, Flautino 2, blank

Tonal Resources Bourdon 16, Diapason 8, Viole Dolce 8, Viole Celeste [tc] 8, Trumpet 8

Pedal Bourdon 16, Diapason 8, Flute 8, Octave 4, Flute 4

Swell to Great 8 (Swell to Great), Swell to Pedal 8 (Swell to Pedal), Great to Pedal 8 (Great to Pedal)

Documents

(1947-06-14) Factory specifications, courtesy of the OHS Archives Stoplist and accessories -Jeff Scofield